While appearing on Triple J’s Like a Version, girl in red gave her own rock rendition of the Billie Eilish track “Lunch.”
Where Eilish’s vocals are soft and accompanied by a groovy beat, girl in red’s rendition is all rock guitars and rhythms. Inspired by Eilish’s boldness, she wanted to take the essence of the track and turn it into her own.
“It was gay, it was sexy, it was hot, it was fun,” she explains behind the scenes. “I was like, ‘Okay, how can I make this into my own version? What drew me to the song, it’s just very different from her other songs. I thought it was cool of her to be a little bit more, I don’t know, naughty. Just a little bit more sexual, I guess.”
“In the beginning, everyone was trying to imitate the real recording,” the singer explains. “Then I was like ‘Guys, just play… Just rock out, that’s what we’re good at. We’re a rock and roll band!’ We really just had to let ourselves go and just rock out.”
Watch girl in red cover “Lunch” by Billie Eilish below.
girl in red begins her European tour on August 27, supporting her latest album, I’M DOING IT AGAIN BABY! Tickets are available to purchase here.
Tour Dates:
- Aug. 8—Dublin, IE @ 3Arena
- Aug. 29—Glasglow, UK @ Barrowland Ballroom
- Sept. 9—Manchester, UK @ OZ Apollo
- Sept. 5—London, UK @ OVO Arena Wembley
- Sept. 8—Brussels BE @ Forest Animal
- Sept. 11— Paris, FR @ Zenith
- Sept. 13— Cologne, DE @ Palladium
- Sept. 16—Barcelona, ES @ Sant Jordi Club
- Sept. 18—Munich, DE, @ Zenith
- Sept. 19—Zurich, CH @ Halle 622
- Sept. 22— Vienna, AT @ Gasometer
- Sept. 23—Prague, CZ @ Forum Karlin
- Sept. 25—Warsaw, PL @ Torwar
- Sept. 27—Berlin, DE @ Verti Music Hall
- Sept. 29— Copenhagen, DK @ TAP1
- Oct. 2—Stockholm, SE @ Annexet
- Oct. 3—Oslo, NO @ Spektrum
- Oct. 3—Helsinki, FI @ Ice Hall Black Box
